Soil IQ is a company that’s bringing the “Internet of things” trend to urban and rural farming. They’re building a probe that streams soil fertility and weather data back to a paired app ...

Temperature is quite simple. He’s using a TMP36 sensor which is held a few inches above the soil. The moisture sensor is of his own design. It uses two building screws embedded in foam. These ...

Generally, you will want to stick the probe about 2 inches down into the soil to get a reading. Take readings at several locations to get a good average of what the soil temperature is for your ...

Check your soil temperature every other day using a garden thermometer or a cooking thermometer probe (5-inch probe) to about 6 inches into the ground and take an average reading in five spots.

Proposed sensing system. a) Overview of the proposed sensing system with degradable sensor devices. b) When power is wirelessly supplied to the degradable sensor devices placed on the soil, the ...

Push the thermometer into the ground so that at least 4 inches of the probe is below ground. Keep it in place for at least five minutes and then read the temperature. If the soil is below 45 ...

'It needs to reach a certain point for the seed to grow,' says Mark Pflugmacher, who farms in northern Champaign County, and 'we generally look for 55 degrees,' said Jeff ...